Hail, Hardeman
- When
- May 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 5.73 mi SE of Medicine Mound
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.140, -99.510
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 2016
Storms formed along the dryline in the panhandles and western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of the 26th before moving eastward through Oklahoma and western north Texas.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Storms formed along the dryline in the panhandles and western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of the 26th before moving eastward through Oklahoma and western north Texas.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 2:43 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:43 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 343 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 .DISCUSSION... With the exception of far northwest Oklahoma, most of the western third of Oklahoma and adjacent area of northern Texas are clear to partly cloudy. Weak height falls will overspread the Panhandles late this afternoon and evening in advance of a trough over Colorado/New Mexico. At least widely scattered thunderstorms should develop along and near a dryline in extreme western Oklahoma/far eastern Texas panhandle. Extreme instability and deep layer shear will result in supercells capable of producing very large hail...damaging RFD winds and perhaps tornadoes. With better forcing compared with the past few days...storms should become scattered perhaps widespread during the evening and overnight. By late evening and overnight the main severe weather risk will be damaging winds and hail. Most model suggest storms will be ongoing across at least south central and southeast Oklahoma Friday morning. There should be enough recovery by Friday afternoon, to see widely scattered severe storms. Weak shortwave ridging Friday night through Saturday may provide a lull in thunderstorm activity as the holiday weekend begins. Thunderstorm chances will return by Sunday and last through at least mid week. The overall flow Sunday into Monday will be rather weak...but moderate to high instability may result in severe thunderstorms each day. A weak cold front may move across the Southern Plains Tuesday into Tuesday night. This may bring some brief relief from rather high humidity currently in place. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 66 82 63 86 / 60 40 20 10 Hobart OK 64 91 60 88 / 60 10 10 10 Wichita Falls TX 65 90 62 89 / 60 40 10 10 Gage OK 60 86 55 87 / 20 20 10 10 Ponca City OK 67 82 63 84 / 60 40 40 10 Durant OK 68 80 67 86 / 70 80 50 20 && .OUN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...None. TX...None. && 99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:01 PM CST, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 601 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-272315- HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 601 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. LOCATION... AN ENHANCED RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKITA... TO EL RENO... TO DUNCAN AND WAURIKA... INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A SLIGHT RISK AREA ENCOMPASSES THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. TIMING... THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THROUGH 3 AM. IMPACTS... LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. THERE IS ALSO A LOW RISK OF TORNADOES... MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST FOR SEVERE STORMS IS STILL COMPLICATED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TWO POTENTIAL WAYS FOR STORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA. SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A COMPLEX THAT MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE AREA... WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING THE MAIN CONCERNS. OTHER STORMS COULD STILL DEVELOP NEAR A DRYLINE THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE DISCRETE AND IF THEY DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA... HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES... MAINLY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DECREASE AFTER 3 AM BUT STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. .HEAVY RAINFALL... SEVERAL LOCALIZED AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MANAGE TO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA EACH DAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS FRIDAY WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I40 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I35. .HEAVY RAIN... HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED OR FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST THIS WEEKEND. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 1:31 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
231 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM HAIL 5 N MAY 36.69N 99.75W
05/26/2016 E1.75 INCH HARPER OK BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
JPIKESpecial weather statement, May 26, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
256 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
OKZ010-262030-
WOODWARD OK-
256 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WOODWARD COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CDT...
AT 254 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
SHARON AND JUST NORTH OF VICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3645 9896 3643 9896 3617 9921 3616 9942
3632 9959 3664 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 232DEG 41KT 3631 9947
..SPEG.Local storm report, May 26, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM HAIL 6 E LAVERNE 36.71N 99.79W
05/26/2016 E1.50 INCH HARPER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTIONS OF HWYS 149 AND 46
&&
JPIKELocal storm report, May 26, 2:26 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
326 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM HAIL WOODWARD 36.43N 99.39W
05/26/2016 E1.00 INCH WOODWARD OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
TLINDLEYSpecial weather statement, May 26, 5:08 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
608 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXZ083>085-262345-
WILBARGER TX-HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX-
608 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILBARGER...SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN
AND EAST CENTRAL FOARD COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THALIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3434 9927 3426 9919 3425 9920 3423 9919
3422 9919 3421 9915 3421 9914 3413 9906
3386 9952 3401 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 229DEG 34KT 3400 9952
..SPEG.Special weather statement, May 26, 5:13 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
613 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXZ087-262345-
KNOX TX-
613 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BENJAMIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3360 9999 3380 9976 3381 9974 3363 9947
3341 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 229DEG 34KT 3353 9992
..SPEG.The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 26, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 6.87 mi WNW of Vernon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.190, -99.400
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 26, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 6.62 mi SSW of Odell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.260, -99.460
Hail, Archer
- When
- May 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County, Megargel
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -98.930
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- May 26, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Quanah
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -99.740
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- May 26, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 4 mi E of Quanah
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -99.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- May 26, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 4.15 mi S of Medicine Mound
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -99.590
Winds estimated based on visual observations.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- May 26, 9:39 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Harrold
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -99.030
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 26 to 27, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 26 to 30, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 26 to 30, 2016
- Excessive Heat in New Jersey, May 26, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 26 to 27, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 26 to 27, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26, 2016
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 26, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 26, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, May 26 to 28, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 2016
More
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2016
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 628584, 628585, 628586, 628588, 628587, 628589, 628590, 628591.